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EEE fear brings early end to summer days outdoors

At top, at 6 p.m., a field at Peirce Playground in Middleborough is being used for football practice, but by 6:30, above, it empties out. At top, at 6 p.m., a field at Peirce Playground in Middleborough is being used for football practice, but by 6:30, above, it empties out. (Jim Davis/ Globe Staff)
By John M. Guilfoil
Globe Staff / September 2, 2010

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MIDDLEBOROUGH — It was almost a typical late summer day on the football field at Peirce Playground. Dozens of boys in the Old Colony Youth Football League ran drills as the coach blew his whistle. (Full article: 938 words)

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